Global investing

UBS O’Connor, the UBS AG unit with $5.2 billion of assets, plans to open its first Asia-focused hedge fund to investors later this year, said two people with knowledge of the matter.

Webster Bank is a decidedly local bank but when it comes to its investment and wealth management services, its thinking is distinctly global.

How do you convince mass-affluent clients to think more globally with their investments?

The time to lean more heavily toward domestic options has passed. Instead, experts are looking across our borders for tomorrow's opportunities.

Most emerging and frontier markets are in dire need of building new and beefing up existing infrastructure of every kind.

These investment strategists say they believe the emerging economies in the world are where equity opportunities are to be found.

Foreign investors should be diversified in order to survive this period of market volatility.

Predictions of a hard landing for this nation's economy are overblown.

Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan), Malaysia’s second-biggest pension fund, is looking at real estate assets in Australia and the U.K. as it seeks to increase its investments overseas.

As summer comes to a close, we're taking a look back at some of the hottest stories this season. Whether you were on vacation or busy working -- maybe you just finally have time to catch up on reading over the long weekend -- we've gathered the summer's top stories all in one place.

The Internal Revenue Service has provided summaries and a set of tips to help with compliance for some of the more complex areas of the foreign tax credit law.

A three hour pause in trading is “not going to be that big of a deal” for investors, Stifel’s chairman and CEO Ron Kruszewski says.

Responding to increased client demand, the firm has launched new efforts to enhance its socially responsible investment options.

Despite the controversy and repeated delays, the IRS and the Treasury Department have been moving forward slowly with implementing FATCA, including the release of a draft version of Form 8966.

Investors are favoring U.S. stocks over emerging markets by the most ever as fund flows and volatility measures show institutions are increasingly seeking the relative safety of American equities.

Foreign stocks generally pay higher dividends and offer great sector diversity for investors hunting yields, says Philip Camporeale of J.P. Morgan Asset Management. But beware the tax hit.

Firms scale their U.S. operations in hopes of netting the coveted ultra-wealthy international client.

Emerging market funds are battered, but there's a strong argument for staying the course.

Compared to their foreign peers, U.S. investors are skittish on emerging markets. Here's why some think they're missing the boat.

A run-down of the stories in this issue, which focuses on global strategy and taking advantage of emerging markets.